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Also known as butyl 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetate;butyl 2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetate, 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetic acid butyl ester;2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetic acid butyl ester, butyl 2-[2,4-bis(chloranyl)phenoxy]ethanoate;butyl 2-[2,4,5-tris(chloranyl)phenoxy]ethanoate
military herbicide
OverviewAI-generated
Agent Orange is a chemical compound with the formula C₂₄H₂₇Cl₅O₆. Its IUPAC name is butyl 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetate;butyl 2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetate. The substance has a molecular mass of 588.022077 and a weight of 588.7. It possesses a topological polar surface area of 71.1, contains zero hydrogen bond donors, and has six hydrogen bond acceptors. The molecule carries a charge of 0.
The compound is associated with a Commons category titled "Agent Orange." It is referenced by 793 other encyclopedia articles. A PubMed search for the term yields a count of 2901 results.
Synthesized by Vinony from 16 facts across 4 sources: Wikidata, PubMed, PubChem, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 793 inbound references to 枯葉剤, and connects out to United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Red Cross of Viet Nam and President of the United States.
Vinony files it under 1961 introductions, Aftermath of the Vietnam War and Auxinic herbicides.
Vinony links it to 42 Wikipedia language editions.
Chemical data
- Formula
- C24H27Cl5O6
- Molecular weight
- 588.7 g/mol
- IUPAC name
- butyl 2-(2,4-dichlorophenoxy)acetate;butyl 2-(2,4,5-trichlorophenoxy)acetate
- SMILES
- CCCCOC(=O)COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)Cl)Cl.CCCCOC(=O)COC1=CC(=C(C=C1Cl)Cl)Cl
- InChIKey
- OLAOGBRYSBMLAO-UHFFFAOYSA-N
- Polar surface area
- 71.1 Ų
- H-bond donors
- 0
- H-bond acceptors
- 6
- Formal charge
- 0
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Research
2,901 papers- PMID 306293952018
- Agent Orange Toxicity.2026
- Brilliant Agent Orange.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2022
- How Agent Orange impacts prostate cancer risk, pathology, and treatment outcomes.Current urology · 2024
- Agent Orange and head and neck cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.World journal of otorhinolaryngology - head and neck surgery · 2025
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- mixture
- Has part
- 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid
- Mass
- 588.022077
Show 5 more facts
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- WikiProject Human rights
- Commons category
- Agent Orange
- different from
- Agent Orange
- canonical SMILES
- CCCCOC(=O)COC1=C(C=C(C=C1)Cl)Cl.CCCCOC(=O)COC1=CC(=C(C=C1Cl)Cl)Cl
- chemical formula
- C₂₄H₂₇Cl₅O₆
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